Uncanny Tales #54

(April 1957)

Inside the Tomb! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dave Berg (signed)

Inks:

Dave Berg (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L-804

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

An ancient tomb is guarded by hypnotists.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #94 (?)
• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #19 (June 1975)

The Moving Walls (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Frank Bolle

Inks:

Frank Bolle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L-778

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

An engineer builds a castle as a monument to man's greed that will collapse unless a beam of light shines directly upon a diamond that thieves attempt to steal in succession. Each thief must sit in place holding the diamond in the light until the next greedy man comes along otherwise the castle will collapse upon their heads.

Mystery in Midville (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L-733

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

A petty thief comes across a city where every person is considerate and helpful. The man who takes him in tells him not to touch a certain box as it took him fifty years to gather its contents. The thief thinks that it must be very valuable and so opens the box that belongs to Pandora.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (July 1975)

The Warning (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernie Krigstein (signed)

Inks:

Bernie Krigstein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L-888

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

A scientist recreates the serum that gave Midas his golden touch and feeds it to his dog. Anything the dog touches turns to gold and he donates the gold to help people. Another man with greedy intent breaks in and unlocks the dog's cage. While the two men are locked in a struggle, the dog touches them and they are transmuted into gold. The statue is displayed as a moral lesson for people of the struggle between selflessness and greed.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (August 1975)
• in Book of the Dead (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (January 1994)

The Terrible Fate of Mr. Wren (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Tartaglione

Inks:

John Tartaglione

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L-797

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

A scientist puts off marrying until he is wealthy because he wants to avoid the mistake of his parents always arguing since they were poor. He becomes wealthy by inventing a matter duplicator device. When the girl he wishes to marry steps in front of the device, there are now two of them, arguing over which one of them gets to marry him.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #36 (July 1975)

The Remedy Oil (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Marie Severin (illustration)

Inks:

Marie Severin (illustration)

Colors:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

J-984

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm

Synopsis:

An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (August 1956)
• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #50 (January 1959)
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #14 (December 1960)
• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #74 (November 1961)
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (April 1962)
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (January 1963)
• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #92 (May 1963)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations. All subsequent reprints of this story used this title instead of the original. Artist credit from www.atlastales.com.

The Hidden Island (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Kida

Inks:

Fred Kida

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L-751

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

A man ventures out to a mist-hidden island that has curative properties in order to marry a couple there.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #94 (?)
• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (July 1975)